KJV King James Version
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.
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Isaiah 47:13
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you—your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
WEB World English Bible
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou hast been wearied in the multitude of thy counsels, Stand up, I pray thee, and save thee, Let the charmers of the heavens, Those looking on the stars, Those teaching concerning the months, From those things that come on thee!
Surrounding context — Isaiah 47
10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I [am], and none else beside me.
11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, [which] thou shalt not know.
12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: [there shall] not [be] a coal to warm at, [nor] fire to sit before it.
15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
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נִלְאֵ֖יתH3811 · la.ahbe wearyבְּרֹ֣בH7230 · rovabundanceעֲצָתָ֑יִךְH6098 · e.tsahcounselיַעַמְדוּ־H5975 · a.madto stand: standנָ֨אH4994 · napleaseוְיוֹשִׁיעֻ֜ךְH3467 · ya.sahto saveהֹבְרֵ֣יH1895 · ha.varto divideשָׁמַ֗יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenהַֽחֹזִים֙H2372 · cha.zahto seeבַּכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםH3556 · ko.khavstarמֽוֹדִיעִם֙H3045 · ya.dato knowלֶחֳדָשִׁ֔יםH2320 · cho.deshmonthמֵאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichיָבֹ֖אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeעָלָֽיִךְ׃H5921 · alupon
Cross-references
Isaiah 44:25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise [men] backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;Daniel 2:2-10Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.Ezekiel 24:12She hath wearied [herself] with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum [shall be] in the fire.Isaiah 57:10Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; [yet] saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.Jeremiah 51:58Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.Daniel 5:7-8The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. [And] the king spake, and said to the wise [men] of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.Habakkuk 2:13Behold, [is it] not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?Daniel 5:15-16And now the wise [men], the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:Isaiah 47:15Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, [even] thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.Daniel 5:30In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
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